I would like to again retract what I wrote here. The event I attended yesterday really drove home the importance of fighting for our rights, including the support we need. Speaking to the other delegates, I realised many people with disabilities are placed under pressure not to fight – to just accept the measly support they had been given. That was exactly the status quo I was (inadvertently) reinforcing in that entry. I now realise I was utterly wrong: if we don’t fight, we don’t get; we end up accepting what we have, trapped at home, often starving. I now say, we fight! Fight for ourselves, and fight for each other. Asking for support is not a sign of being spoiled; getting more support won’t take it away from anyone else. As I wrote here a week or so after that initial entry, only with the right support can we fully contribute to society, so if someone thinks they need 24-hour support, they should get it. (It wold even have the bonus effect of giving someone a job as a PA.) The moment we stop fighting and loose our unity, you may as well ship us all back to the long-stay institutions.